Going Down vs Life Is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 4.4/10 for Going Down). Going Down is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 56m. Going Down is the older of the two (1983 against 1997). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Going Down
Life Is Beautiful| Going Down | Life Is Beautiful | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.4/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 1983 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 34m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | Italy |
| Director | Haydn Keenan | Roberto Benigni |
| Main cast | Hugh Keays-Byrne, Tracy Mann, Claudia Karvan, Ralph Cotterill, Mercia Deane-Johns | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric |
Synopsis
Going Down
Middle-class Karli, alcoholic Jane, unemployed Jackie, and square Ellen are four friends living together and barely scraping by in suburban Sydney. But when Karli’s father offers her a little money and a one-way ticket to New York, she finally sees a way out of her dead-end life—that is, until the money goes missing, kickstarting a final night out on the town that none of them will ever forget.
Life Is Beautiful
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
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